Half-naked woman running with toddler taken into custody in BirminghamThe Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A young woman wearing only a bra and panties was taken into police custody today after she was spotted running up and down 17th Street North this morning carrying a toddler. About a dozen Birmingham police officers responded ...

Jefferson County officials have warned bankers who stand to make as much as $19 million in fees on a sewer bond refinancing to not contact the county or risk elimination from the deal.
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Gunshots fired every 76 seconds in Birmingham July 4al.com (blog)BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Police begged and warned and pleaded with Birmingham residents not to fire guns into the air to celebrate the Fourth of July. But Birminghamians fired away. In fact, a shot was fired every 76 seconds, according to the city's ...

This morning, an unidentified person called in a bomb threat, saying explosives had been placed at the hospital and on an unspecified bridge on Highway 69, an EMA official said.
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Official alternate is interstate route; separate construction project along Crestwood Boulevard not to be finished until next week.
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U.W. Clemon, retired chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, next month will be honored by the American Bar Association with its 2013 John H. Pickering Award.
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